Calf-weaheb



J. H. MCCAMANT.

CALF WEANER.

APPLICATION FILED maza. |919.

1,325,795. Patented Dee. 23,1919.

(fa/zn H000/ Mc Ca ma nf nur JOI-IN HOOD MCCAMANT, OF GALLUI?, NEW MEXICO.

CALF-WEANER.

Application filed February 2S, 1919.

To all whom t may Concern Be it known that l. Jenn lfloon lvloCan- ANT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gallup, in the county olf McKinley and State of New Mexico, have invented a new and useful Cal-Weaner, of which the following is a specilication.

My invention is a non-destructible and adjustable calt1 weaner; and the objects of my invention are, lirst, to provide a durable calli weaner that may be used from year to year; second, to provide a calf weaner that can be adjusted to lit any cali; third, to provide a calf weaner that will not punish or torture the mother of 'the calf; fourth, to provide a calf weaner that will prevent the calf `from sucking but will vnot prevent it from grazing; and lilith, to provide a calf weaner that cannot be broken or torn on' or destroyed by the calf.

l attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawingn in which- Figure l is a liront view of the entire mechanism; Fig. 2 is a view 0i' the iron pin which is located in the upper lei't hand part of the mechanism as shown in li 1n; Fig. 3 is a View of the iron tube which 1s located 1n the upper right hand part of the mechanism as shown in Fig. l; Fig.` fl is a lview of the adjustable screw pi-n which lits and screws into the 'iron tube shown in Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the broken line lr-l oiI Fig. l.

rllhe plate l is cut in the shape shown in Fig. l from galvanized iron; the upper lett hand part being bent around and securely Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec.. 23, 1919.

Serial No. 279,833.

soldered to the iron pin 2; the upper right hand part 'bei-ng; bent around and securely soldered to the iron tube 3.

The iron tube 3 threaded inside oi? the right hand end to a depth oit' one inch to accommodate the screw pin 4.

rilhe set screw 5 lits into a threaded hole through plate l and iron tube 3 for the purpose of setting the screw pin 4 after it has been properly adjusted to lit the call?.

At 6 the screw pin is smooth, and at 7 it is threaded to engage the thread 8 in the tube 3. ln the practical use olf the weaner, the pin 2 is arranged at one side of the cartilage between the nostrils of a calf7 and the screw pin Ll is adjusted between the opposite side oli' the cartilage, and hence it will be understood that the plate will drop over thev mouth oli' the calf when the calt attempts to nurse, and will tall away from mouth when the calll seeks to graze, so that it will not interfere with such operation.

l claim:

A calf wea-ner coniprising a sheet-metal plate having in one edge portion an opening and also having;1 its portion at opposite sides of said opening shaped into alined barrels, a pin secured in and projecting` from the inner end olf one barreh a tube fixed in the other barrel and havingl an interiorly threaded outer end portion, and a screw pin threaded to engage the thread of the tube and having an inner end porti n projecting trom the inner ends of the tube and the barrel containing the tube.

JOHN l-lUOD lVloCAMANT. 

